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Articles - May - 2025 Issue

The Antiquarian Outlook - April 2025 Review

Before heading into May, see what happened in Rare Books through April with THE ANTIQUARIAN OUTLOOK.

 

WEEK 17 (04/21): https://youtu.be/sxwewIBVMr4

WEEK 16 (04/14): https://youtu.be/MJ07Vxw9T_E

WEEK 15 (04/07): https://youtu.be/5FKAlrxp_70

WEEK 14 (03/31): https://youtu.be/XFoZM4IXVm8

 

The Antiquarian Outlook is produced by Spencer W Stuart, Collections Advisor. It is totally independent and its producers do not hold inventory nor represent any consignments or acquisitions mentioned.

 

ABOUT SPENCER W STUART

Spencer W Stuart is a collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints. He is the author of Contemporary Issues in Rare Books & Manuscript Collecting and host of the monthly webinar COLLECTING INSIGHTS.

 

COLLECTING INSIGHTS Webinars, May 2025:

 

Emerging:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/collecting-insights-emerging-may-6-13-20-tickets-1233959448929?aff=erelexpmlt

 

Expanding: 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/collecting-insights-expanding-may-7-14-21-tickets-1234125936899?aff=erelexpmlt

 

Legacy:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/collecting-insights-legacy-may-8-15-22-tickets-1234178594399?aff=erelexpmlt

 

Contemporary Issues in Rare Book & Manuscript Collecting: 

 

 
Spencer W Stuart
Collections Advisor
 
604.363.1012

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  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.

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